Mahfuz Kabir Pulak (He/him)

Business Analyst | Data Analyst | Analytics Research Assistant @NYU Tandon | MS Candidate @NYU

Currently I'm working as Research Assistant at Human Capital Analytics Lab of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Motivated, team-oriented, and result-driven analyst with 2+ years of work experience in analytics & consulting. Strong in communication, problem-solving, exploring insights from data & reporting the findings to key stakeholders and/or clients. Focused to make an impact in the team with critical thinking & innovative solutions.

I bolstered my profile by assisting California based financial firm Credit Sesame

- 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝟭𝟬% by developing models analyzing 30K records using MySQL which helped exploring strategic business insights.

- 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟭𝟲% by extracting data from 20+ datasets using MySQL to design reports and conduct analyses.

- 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬% by designing KPI trackers using Excel macros.

I contributed to the New York based consulting Startup IdeaStreet in

- 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟰𝟬% 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 within 2.5 months by closing 4 client projects successfully and with significant profit margin through customized financial model.

- 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻ing 𝟯𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 for a struggling restaurant owner client within 3 weeks renovating their revenue stream.

I kickstarted my professional journey with Hamburg based OTTO GmbH Co & KG as Growth Analyst, Retail products and succeeded in

- 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 in 2 months in the retail products section in Hamburg by extracting and emphasizing 6 key metrics of growth by performing exploratory data analysis & data-driven reporting.

- 𝗦𝗮𝘃ing 𝟯𝟬% 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 by categorizing products into 3 groups using A/B testing on 48 product batches.

- Reducing 22% time on customer segmentation by automating market datasets using Advanced Excel.

Skill Sets: SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL), Tableau, Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP, Power Query), Python, R, Power BI, SAS

Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi, German, Spanish

Interests: Analytical & Creative writing in Medium, Traveling, learning history & languages, Finding short cuts for a time-consuming process

2 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩: first is analyzing data & visualizing insights to bullet actionable decisions and second is strategizing the tasks by implementing those data-driven metrics or insights.

I love to escape the 'Traditional Path' in any work. I always try to find out the pattern for process improvement to pull off the task in a finer way.